''Uranotaenia'' is a genus of
mosquito
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...
es containing at least 270 species. It is the only member of the tribe Uranotaeniini.
Subgenera
* ''
Pseudoficalbia
''Pseudoficalbia'' is a subgenus of the mosquito genus '' Uranotaenia'' with 146 species. It was originally created as a genus by Frederick Vincent Theobald in 1911 (the name was applied again as new in 1912); however, it was later treated as a ...
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* ''
Uranotaenia''
See also
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List of Uranotaenia species
This is a list of 270 species in '' Uranotaenia'', a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae.
''Uranotaenia'' species
* '' Uranotaenia abdita'' Peyton, 1977
* '' Uranotaenia abstrusa'' Peyton, 1977
* '' Uranotaenia aequatorianna'' Levi-Cast ...
References
Mosquito genera
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